LHC allows Shehbaz Sharif to travel abroad
The court allowed the opposition leader to go abroad for eight weeks.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday allowed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Opposition Leader in National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif to go abroad.
Justice Ali Baqir Najfi announced the ruling on the former Punjab chief minister’s petition seeking exclusion of his name from the blacklist. Justice Ali Baqar Najafi passed the orders on a petition filed by Shehbaz Sharif for removing his name from blacklist.
The court allowed Shehbaz Sharif one-time visit to United Kingdom from May 8 to July 5 for medical check-up, besides seeking reply from respondents.
Advocate Amjad Pervaiz on behalf of Shehbaz Sharif argued before the court that his client was arrested in connection with Ashiana and Ramzan Sugar Mills cases in 2018 but he got bail in February 2019. However his name was put on exit control list and it was removed on direction of the LHC, he added.
He submitted that Shehbaz Sharif was scheduled to visit consultant in connection with his treatment in London but his name had been put on the blacklist.
He argued that step of putting his client’s name on the blacklist was illegal as he had not been served any notice. At this, the court questioned a deputy attorney general whether name of Shehbaz Sharif had been put on blacklist.
To this, he stated that he could not assist the court without taking instructions from the concerned quarters. The court directed the law officer for taking instructions from concerned quarters and adjourned hearing for short time.
It is to be mentioned here that Shehbaz Sharif had filed a petition in LHC, stating that he is a cancer survivor and needs to go abroad for treatment, but the federal government had put his name on the blacklist.
The Ministry of Interior, federation and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) were named as respondents in the plea.
On the other hand, PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif said that the only work of Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan is to ignore the suggestions and demands of opposition parties. No one is ready to trust the premier due to his U-turns, he added.
Shehbaz Sharif further said that he has no contact with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief and head of opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Fazlur Rehman.
